Cloud Security Engineer

Gordon Food Service

• $95K — $115K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
  • 5+ years of IT experience, including software engineering, DevOps, or system engineering
  • Strong knowledge of security concepts and technologies
  • Proficiency with public cloud providers like GCP, AWS, and Azure
  • Experience in application containerization and orchestration
  • Familiarity with Unix/Linux and cloud-related development languages
  • Effective communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Drive adoption of security processes in cloud environments
  • Provide cloud configuration and deployment expertise
  • Analyze and manage cloud platform vulnerabilities
  • Implement security provisioning and configuration practices
  • Write and maintain CI/CD security solutions
  • Research current cloud security threats and update strategies
  • Conduct security risk assessments for new technologies

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with 4 days in office and 1 day remote
  • Participation in a collaborative culture that values employee perspectives
  • Professional development opportunities through active involvement in security processes
Full Job Description

Position Summary:


The Cloud Security Engineer defines, documents, and implements infrastructure and application security best practices and standards in the cloud. Integrates into and works alongside DevOps teams. Develops automation tooling, specific to security, to support Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD), enabling software development teams to provide continuous value while maintaining and enhancing application security. Leads and participates in the evaluation, specification and recommendation of public cloud services. Assists with the provisioning and maintaining of on and off premise cloud infrastructures and related software to ensure a secure environment.


What you will do:


  • Drive introduction and adoption of the Enterprise Information Security (EIS) team processes and disciplines into cloud environments (e.g. Risk Management, Vulnerability Management, Secure Application Development, Secure Environment Configuration, Identity Management, etc.)
  • Provide cloud configuration and deployment expertise to Gordon Food Service
  • Analyze cloud platform vulnerabilities, providing guidance and management to resolution
  • Study, define and implement secure provisioning, configuration and operational aspects of cloud environments
  • Write and maintain configuration and deployment solutions (via code) in support of security related CI/CD requirements
  • Research and keep abreast of the dynamic threat landscape associated with cloud security, adapting Gordon Food Service protection strategies to proactively cope with emerging threats
  • Perform security risk assessments (e.g. risk analysis for new cloud related technologies or tools)
  • Perform internal penetration testing against new or modified software solutions
  • Coordinate external security assessments (e.g. “grey-box” web application penetration tests)
  • Provide cloud architecture guidance with a focus on security related topics to Gordon Food Service software engineers
  • Write, maintain and assist with secure coding, configuration standards and best practices for custom software development at Gordon Food Service
  • Interface with various teams across the organization in day to day activities
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

When you will work:


  • Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
  • Hybrid schedule, 4 days in office in Wyoming, MI or Atlanta, GA with 1 day remote

What you’ll bring to the table:


  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.
  • Five or more years of information technology experience (including software engineering, devops and/or system engineering experience) or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required.
  • Knowledge of security concepts (e.g. SAST, DAST, RBAC, least privilege, secrets management, scanning tools, network security concepts, CIA triad, etc.)
  • Must have good written and verbal communication skills as well as good organizational and problem-solving capabilities
  • Must have the ability to multitask, prioritize and be able to work independently or within a team environment
  • Experience with public cloud providers such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS and Azure
  • Experience with application containerization and container orchestration technologies
  • Experience with cloud specific networking technology to provide mesh and least privilege network access
  • Experience with software defined networking including routing, bridging, VLANs and switches
  • Experience with build tools, configuration management tools, provisioning tools
  • Experience with languages used in cloud development and configuration
  • Experience with automating build and release processes
  • Knowledge with Unix/Linux
  • Knowledge of spreadsheet, word processing, presentation, email and internet software applications, particularly Google Apps


BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

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